SANTA BARBARA PERMACULTURE NETWORK Presents: Keyline Design & Sustainable
Agriculture
with Darren Doherty from
Australia
Free Talk * Sat Apr 21, 10-Noon
Vista del Mar School Auditorium, 9467 San Julian Rd (north of Gaviota on
Hwy # 1)
Keyline
Design a design system that restores and regenerates
landscapes, applicable to both rural and urban areas. It
is a unique combination of water conservation and soil
building, with great appeal to both farmers and
ranchers, as it has the ability to build and regenerate degraded soils
rapidly, and sees the use of grazing animals as beneficial to this
process. Water harvesting strategies employed by Keyline Design provide
drought-proofing for farms. Based
on th work of P.A Yeomans and his book Water For Every Farm, A Keyline
Plan, an important work describing a set of principles and techniques
based on a holistic approach that works with natural patterns to
restore and increase the depth and fertility of the
soil, while increasing its water holding capabilities,
using a special cultivation technique using the Keyline plow, to
infiltrate water into the soil efficiently and hold it on the land as
long as possible. The term Keyline comes from the reference
to a “keypoint” on the watershed, which is the interface
between collection and distribution of water on the landscape, where
ridge meets the valley. Keyline is a philosophy
and technique that doesn’t pit the needs of farmers against
environmentalists trying to protect wildlife and fish habitat, and with
carbon sequestering techniques used,
helps to address aspects of global warming and climate change.
Darren Doherty is an Australian Keyline Designer, Developer & Manager
and Australian Approved Keyline Design™ Farm Planning Consultant, .
He has designed and developed over 1100 properties across four continents
working most recently in Vietnam, on land projects for Mars Inc, owners
of Seeds of Change. His remaining time is spent managing a working
research & demonstration farm in Southern Victoria, Australia.
The
event takes place on April 21, 10-noon, at the Vista del
Mar School Auditorium, 9467 San Julian Road, off of
Highway 1, just north of the 101 freeway exit to Lompoc. The event
is free, no reservations are required. Event sponsors are Santa
Barbara Permaculture Network, Yeomans Plow Company, Nutiva Foods, Quail
Springs Permaculture Farm, Orella Ranch, Earthflow Design Works &
Island Seed & Feed Nursery and Commongood Media.
For more information, visit Upcoming Events at
www.sbpermaculture.org,
or email margie@sbpermaculture.org,phone,
(805) 962-2571.
, 6 Day Intensive Keyline Workshop, on Gaviota Coast north of Santa Barbara, CA, Cost $600
May 1-2
, Tues-Wed, 2 Day Keyline Design Workshop, Cuyama (north of Ojai, CA)at Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm, Cost $250
May 3
, 7-9m pm, Cal Poly University San Luis Obispo, Building 8, Room 123 (This is in the 'BRAE' Ag Engineering Bldg.) Located on N. Perimeter Drive next to the police station (just up the hill from the main library) Visitors must purchase a parking permit ($4 at entrance) Map of campus can be found at: www.calpoly.edu/cpmaps/
Thurs, Lecture 7-9 Keyline Design with Darren Doherty, Cal Poly University/
San Luis Obispo, CA, Free
May 4
, Fri, One Day Keyline Design Workshop, San Luis Obispo, CA, Cost $150.
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571 P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190 margie@sbpermaculture.com www.sbpermaculture.org
"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order to grow." - Anonymous